Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
Scotland > Aberdeen
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Aberdeen with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 9 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Aberdeen | 3.33% | - | - |
| As % of the Qualifications category | 9.09% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| Scotland median daily rate | £438 | £550 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.45% | +10.00% | -3.19% |
All Academic and Professional Certifications
Aberdeen
BPSS Clearance falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Aberdeen.
| Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications | 11 | 6 | 0 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen | 36.67% | 20.00% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £175 | £461 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £200 | £563 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £310 | £600 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -48.33% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £470 | £638 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Scotland median daily rate | £446 | £438 | £463 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.94% | -5.41% | -0.54% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £25.15 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £26.55 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £27.39 | - | - |
| Scotland median hourly rate | £19.69 | £18.00 | £53.10 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.39% | -66.10% | +11.79% |
BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen
Job postings citing BPSS Clearance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen.
BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Aberdeen by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: